Shade-fixture.



No'. 892,264. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908, B. F. JORDAN.

SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 31, 1907.

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BENJAMIN F. JORDAN, OF VALPARAISO, INDIANA.

SHADE-FIXTURE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed December 31, 1907. Serial No. 408,732.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Val araiso, in the county of Porter and State of l iidiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a shade fixture particularly adapted for shades which roll up from the bottom, and it includes the improved means for raising or lowering the shade by a cord which is guided over pulleys at the top of the window frame and which has a weight ed tassel which counterbalances the weight of the shade so that it will stay at any desired height.

The accompanying drawing is a front elevation of the fixture, partly in section.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the top part of the window frame, or a strip which may be attached thereto in any suitable manner. The upper end of the shade 7 is tacked or otherwise secured to this strip, and the lower end is secured to a roller 8. At each end of the roller is a spindle 9 provided at one end with a screw 10 which is screwed into the end of the roller at the axis thereof, and at the other end with a knob 11 which serves as a weight to lower the shade. The end of a cord 12 is fastened to each spindle and extends thence up the side of the shade, and over a guide pulley 13- mounted upon a plate 14 screwed or otherwise attached to the end of the strip 6. The cords extend thence between and over a pair of ulleys 15 at the middle of the strip, said pul eys being supported by a plate 16 fas tened to the strip. The two free ends of the cords depend from the pulleys 15 in front of the shade and are provided with a tassel 17 and a weight 18 preferably concealed by the tassel. A screw eye 19 is located adjacent each of the pulleys 13 and 15, and the cord extends through said eye, which serves to prevent the cord from running oh the pulleys. This is decidedly advantageous, because in ordinary small pulleys any sudden jerk or movement of the cords would be apt to throw the same off the pulley. By means of the simple devices described they are retained in place and prevented from running off or becoming tangled. The cords 12 are wound on the spindles 9 in a direction opposite to that in which the curtain is wound on the roller.

In operation, when the weighted tassel is lifted, the'roller will lower, at the same time winding the ends of the cords on the spindles. l/Vhen the tassel is pulled down the cord will unwind from the spindles, causing the roller to turn and roll up the shade.

I claim:

A window shade fixture comprising a roller to which the shade is connected at its lower end, the roller having spindles at its ends, pulleys at the top of the shade, at the side edges and at the middle thereof, cords connected to the spindles at one end and wound thereon in a direction opposite to that in which the curtain is wound on the roller, and extending over the ulleys and having a weight at the other end and eyes adjacent the pulleys, through which the cords pass.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

11S BENJAMIN X F. JORDAN. mark Witnesses:

AMBROSE SHINABERGER, J. EARL ZEA. 

